There is danger in assuming that everyone moving here is the same and came for the same reasons just as there is a danger to assuming all Vermonters will react the same.

How so? The level and types of crimes that are common here are unheard of in places like that. They see even our low-for-America levels of crime as lawlessness.

No joke. Think outside the American. The level of crime we consider low here would be considered high in places like Western Europe. Compared to places like Japan or Korea our little Vermont is a veritable wild wild west.

The safest state in a not very safe country isn't saying that much. Relative to much of the modern world even Vermont is a pretty risky place to live.

We should deploy Malloy for that task, statewide.

Nah, there's more individuals and groups out there doing this. These guys didn't cover a whole bunch of the state.

The total number of converter thefts in VT is probably in the thousands.

I am glad that something is happening though, every little bit helps.

When I moved here (pre-pandemic) I got a note on my car simply saying "Go home!"

I heard it was a sick eagle.

You really pick and choose your truth, don't you?

The GOP wants as few people to vote as possible and they want to determine who those voters are. That's not democracy.

Tells you all you need to know, dunnit?

That's part of it, but I do see a fair share of high beam users leaving them on all the time. Chalk it up to forgetful seniors? VT does have more of those per capita than many other states.

I'm surprised how often I encounter oblivious high beam drivers in town. More than anywhere else I've lived. I usually chalk it up to the large senior population.

Sounds familiar, but I don't think you have to sign up for anything before knowing what the subsidies are. Part of the application is determining how much subsidy you'll get.

Why share it then?

If you are eligible for a subsidy it will greatly reduce your cost. My coworker literally pays $0.11 a month after his subsidy.

Plan costs and subsidy values vary, but you will most likely end up closer to the 11 cents than the $650.

They've been rolling out for a couple weeks now all over VT.

I feel bad for the mail carriers and recycling coectors who have had to export these books and their pointless journey to the next life via all of our homes.

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Coyotes and wolves separated as species relatively recently. The most simplistic reason is one got bigger (stayed bigger is more accurate) and one got smaller and now tens of thousands of years later there is an opportunity for the return of an intermediate sized canid in this particular part of the continent. Wolves are actually found throughout northern latitudes across the globe and smaller canids seem to have diverged from them more than once, coyotes being one example here.

Cold weather is part of the reason, Bergmann's rule covers size in relation to climate, but wolves and coyotes probably also diverged due to prey species and what was available where.

65/25/10 or therabouts seems to be what studies have found.

It's interesting that there may be a correlation between habitat and genetic admixture based on prey size. Eastern coyotes in more settled or urban habitats of New England have tended to be smaller, like a coyote, and show less wolf DNA in their lineage. Those in more remote habitats, especially where large populations of deer are found, are often larger and this is most likely due to the greater percentage of wolf genetics in their makeup.

So in effect there are two distinct groups of hybrids developing in the northeast over time.

Overall it's a fascinating subject for someone like me with a background in wildlife ecology and evolutionary biology. I am jealous of the folks who get to study stuff like this for a living.

1. Hawaii: 2.0 jobs...

Eastern coyotes have been shown to have a significant percentage of wolf DNA which is why they are larger than genetically purer coyote populations from out west and could explain a somewhat wolf-like appearance in certain individuals.

They mark the houses for the kids to avoid trick or treating as it's statistically a much higher probability that houses with these signs are inhabited pedophiles.

Right? And then had the 3yo decide of their own free will to use the money to make a campaign donation back to the father?

Happens all the time...

But he honestly thinks that his legal right to gift money family members overrides campaign finance rules.

You are mistaken. Absolutely nowhere has that happened. Not on Reddit and not in real life. Sorry bud.